Amazon to launch iPad tablet rival

Amazon is set unveil a colour, touchscreen update to its popular Kindle e-reader on Wednesday, and many analysts reckon it may sell 5million of units before Christmas.

The rumoured launch is hotly anticipated because Amazon already sells digital books, films and music, and as such is better placed than traditional hardware manufacturers to challenge Apple’s iPad tablet. Amazon is likely to use a heavily adapted version of Google’s Android platform.

The Kindle could sell for approximately half the price of an iPad, although the first models are likely to use a 7” screen rather than the iPad’s 10”. An event has been scheduled in New York on Wednesday evening.

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